Grateful Dead

Take a Step Back was particularly harrowing for me and my pal (Caribou on the list here). All was bliss again by the time it started raining right on cue during Looks Like Rain.

I was as close to the stage as I've ever been and the first set is the longest (in terms of number of songs) that I ever saw. The scene was what I remember most, but the music was well played and executed. Great Watchtower especially.

my first show ever

yeas back where it all began, i think. nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile

does anybody else remember how hellish it was to leave after the show? or the 3 jugglers performing on the infield as we left? one on homeplate one on third and one on the pitchers mound throwing bowling pins to eachother

I finally got to hear this show (Thanks Archive.net!) after 20 years. My GOD they were tight this night. The China Cat > Rider is one for the ages!!! I never realized what an awesome show this was. The "waa-waa" Estimated Prophet sound Bobby provided during China Cat gives it such a funky, delightful sound. Truly a great show!!! Do yourself a favor and download the second set of this show.

I was there w/ the only girl I've ever loved and my college buds. THis was truly a great show, It kicked off fast and hard and didn't let up till Stella...I'll not forget the Watchtower, but it was the Black Muddy River that had me crying like a baby, in my baby's arms. His job is to shed light, not to master.

I had graduated from high school the previous month, and this was a highlight in a summer full of highlights. We got there just a little late in a bit of a drizzle because my buddy had locked my car keys in the trunk ... but the weather broke and we were walking up to the venue when the band started into Bucket ... remember looking up at the people we could see in the top rows of the stands around the stadium erupt into dance .... my friends weren't in as much of a hurry to get in as I was, so I took off and slithered inside ... general admission was great for a first dead show - I spent the entire day experiencing the show from the front, the back, the sides, in and out of different pockets of people ... still remember during Stella seeing an enormous, incredibly intoxicated biker drooling on himself - talk about incongruence ... also remember seeing a girl writhing on the floor in convulsions during China Cat, thank God the medical assistance was on scene right away ... remember buying a hotdog at the snack bar on the floor during the break and couldn't wait for the second set to start ... Cassidy blew me away ... if anyone remembers two morons walking around with a giant inflatable godzilla, well I was one of the morons. I was completely immersed in the communal party atmosphere of the show and loved every minute of it. No show I attended after that came anywhere close to this experience.

Bucket and Bertha are on Youtube just type Silver Stadium in the search bar and enjoy.

Just watched Bertha and I have to say they were on! Jerry was really into it.What a great scene that I miss more now then ever.I like Phil's comments after the song!

does anyone remember jerry dedicating stella blue to libba cotton because she had just passed away?ive never heard it on the tapes and wonder if it was a hallucination or epipheny of some sort.great show w/the boys

rain the whole way up from 'cuse.....a hole in the sky over Rochester.....then that "Looks Like Rain"! Boomers baby....Boomers!

This was my first road trip. I had 2 tickets and couldn't find anyone to go with me. I was going to drive up from Cincy, but my wife (same one that dragged me out of the Seattle show in 79 and made me take her to Manilow in 85) heard on the radio that there were storms along Lake Erie and she booked me a flight and got me a rental car.Got up closer to the stage than I've ever been. I had a skull mask that I wore as the band came out. Jerry scanned the crowd, locked eyes with me, stared for a minute, said something to Bobby, and then shook his head. At least that's how I remember it.. Loved Bertha.

Awesome memories from that. I'm sorry to whomever's recording equipment I ran into on the field. Thanks for catching me.

trying to get some downloads of silver stadium shows cant seem to find any links

The 2 Genesee beer trucks parked on the 1st & 3rd base lines both having their cab roof caved in by the Heads dancing on top. Spent a little time down on the field and the sound was the loudest I ever heard that day.

It was very cool to have the genny beer trucks there for the ready. Good show, especially the rain.

Haven't given it a listen but will do so based on other's observations. I remember being happy to get in for the Cassidy & Deal. This was the first show where I felt there were just too many people in the venue - even as I'd been at Rich Stadium amost a year to the day before, my largest show ever, with about 90,000 other people. How did this scene ever get so big? Would have been great if it hadn't grown out of hand.

of this one up now

best black muddy river. highlight of the show